Sunday, September 13, 2015

Grand Day

    We stay way too busy for our own good...... I do not get to spend the time with Jeremy and his family that I would like too. They recently bought a new house..new to them... and they are so excited. I decided we were going to carve out time for a visit before the calendar filled up. We went over the long Labor day week end and what a treat that was. The house is simply amazing. It is a great floor plan with lots of room. I am thrilled that they are going to have space to spread out  as the kids get older ( I tried and I do not have the ability to stop time I am sad to say). I enjoyed getting to spend relaxed time with all of them and even got to watch the first Auburn game of the season! Yep, it was a glorious trip.
  They have a small park directly next to their house. It is very secluded and not used a lot so it is wonderful to get to have it to ourselves. I walked over with the kids and we played and swang away the afternoon. Does it get any better than that?
  Unfortunately I did not get any really good pictures but decided the day was too wonderful not to document, so poor pictures it is. I love that I have a picture or two to remember my time with these 3 special ones. I encourage you to save and document even when the picture is not perfect. Often, it is the memory that counts not the amazing photography.
  So here is the layout
 The papers are all from the Lori Whitlock Summer Bliss collection.
Also the alphas for the title and journaling along with most of the word stickers are from that collection.
Twine is maya road
Splatter stamp is from the Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge set...(one of my favorites!)
The flip flops are jollee's boutique
The "family" sticker comes from jillibean soup
The embellishments are MME cut & paste.
 I used sketch #113 at My Scraps and More 

 And here it is
  I want to sincerely thank you for spending a portion of your day with me. I know that each of us get to choose how we spend out time and I truly value yours. I encourage you to spend a portion of today making good memories, because tomorrow will be here too soon.
  Thank you
Brenda



6 comments:

  1. This is such a pretty page! I love the colors you chose! Thanks for joining us at MSAM!

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  2. I love that you scrapped this even though you thought they weren't the best photos! Love your papers! Super cute title work!Thanks for joining us at My Scraps and More Sketches!

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  3. Such pretty colors! Love the twine and flowers, too! Thanks for joining us at My Scraps sketches.

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  4. I like your "crossword puzzle-like" titling! Cute papers, and I agree that it's so important to capture memories even if the photo isn't perfect. Thanks for playing along with us at MSAM sketches!

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  5. Hey there! Stopping by from the Sunday Blog Hop linky on BecauseImCheap.com Thank you so much for linking up! I love your bright and happy colors. And you're right, tomorrow comes too soon! Hope to see you again on the next linky :)

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  6. Such happy colors! Love all your strips. So glad you still told your story using photos that weren't 100% "perfect". Thanks for joining us for the sketch at MSAM sketches!

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Have a Blessed Day.